videodrome

Jubal Brown & dropFRAMEvideo presents
VIDEODROME
Live Audio/Visual Overdose
Saturday April 17th 8pm 2010
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
952 Queen St W Toronto
$5 door

"The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena, the Videodrome"
-- Brian Oblivion, Videodrome (1983)

VIDEODROME is a one-night audio/visual overdose. An evening of live audio/video performances and playback by 20 local and international producers of A/V media works with a strong audio-visual link, visual music. Simultaneously video and music made from video edits, where picture matches sound, cut for cut, beat for beat, for a serendipitous sensory unity, a synesthesia with an emphasis on intensity, a semi-gemastaltkunst for the youtube generation.

The Video Battle is a competition of audio/visual media work, the A/V battle, the VIDEODROME. Developed from the idea of the hip hop DJ battle, artists will throw down fast and hard attempting to out flash each other with selections, cuts and mixes extreme, humorous and dangerous. Underlining the importance of competition as a driving force in the building of a relevant and volatile cultural community, artists compete for prizes and for glory and for the exaltation of the crowd. Winners are determined by a panel of experts and by the cheers and jeers of the audience/dance floor.

VIDEODROME is a collision of video art, mash-up, VJ culture, and experimental electronic music and contemporary club culture, bridging the gaps between the sofa, the club and the art gallery. An audio/visual assault striving for sensory overload in the interest of breaking down boundaries between audience and artist, sight and sound, observation and hallucination, perception and creation.

Come hear angel snares, see devil base kicks, you - are - invited!

Alana Didur
Ankixa Risk
Augart
Bad Credit
Emad Dabiri
Dave Diaz
David Matton
Istvan Kantor
Jubal Brown
Kyle Duffield
Museum
Nohista
Nwodtlem
Ouananiche
Pete OHearn
Rko
Skeeter
Smearballs
TV Sheriff
Tzii

blogger

Blogger is getting rid of the feature to upload via ftp. Meaning which my short lived blog will come to a close. Expect a redesign soon to a more static page of datamoshed cats, and biz markie making fart noises with his mouth.

Because We Love You - Feb 12th

Toronto Electronic Collective & Robotpilot Industries

are throwing a party

BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU

the only north american appearance for uk rave legend

SHITMAT (uk)

the Toronto debut of East Coast madman

JONBOB (reppin' dartmouth)

the psydub enigma from the other side of Halifax Harbour

DARTMOUTHIAN (dartmouth, duh)

and

0=0
SIDENOTE
THE UK CONNECTION
B7
ROBOTPILOT
PSYKLONE
ROLLS ROYCE
DINGOKILLER
MEMRX
JACKKNIFE v AHRIP
SPOKEY
ARCHNOBAMA v JAMMCAT


also featuring:

Jawa VJ performances by SKEETER, NWODTLEM and SHITMAT

live projections by PARUL IO


12 February 2009 - 9:30-5

DLM Studios (1610 Bloor Street West)

All Ages + Licensed Area

30 Lime Soundsystem

$15 all night

Coresteppers v3.0 - january 27th

Bass Driven presents

CORESTEPPERS v3.0: dance party

Wednesday January 27th
Neutral
349a College St (College and Augusta)
$PWYC (suggested $5)
10pm

LAF-O
SKEETER
ROBOT PILOT
INFINITY DOSE
C-WARRIOR
PSYKLONE
LEFREAK

Rubbermaid Rumba

all grain brewing

Some of you might have been wondering why has Duncan not placed an amen over another song in a half-assed attempt at a remix in a while. The reason being is I have been setting up my all grain brewing system. Last weekend it was the first run of the system. Pretty exciting for me. Enough so that I am blogging about it. I have been brewing for a long time, but this was the first time I did an all grain batch. Which is a huge step up from using extracts, or making country wines/cider. Here are a few photos of the day.


This is my cheap mash tun I constructed using plans from the internets. It works great. I was worried the wort would pool at the bottom unable to reach the supply line. But it worked like a charm. Thank you to them internets.


Here is a pic of the mash-in. You can see how messy I am with all the spilt grain on the floor. I cried a little when it spilt. All that potential alcohol to all my potential homies.



What an awesome colour. In case I forgot to mention, the style of beer I was brewing was Texas Tea. Har har. In actual fact I was brewing an American Imperial Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. Wooh. A mouthful indeed. American in that I used American hops (Cascade), Imperial as the OG was 1.070, Chocolate and Oatmeal as I used chocolate malt and Oats, and stout cuz it's dark. It has yet to receive a name. If you have any suggestions, email me. I love to hear them.


The very expensive pot on the stove with the wort not quite yet at a boil. Again another glimpse into my messy life. How so very titillating!


If you were curious to what is in the other carboy. It was another brew I did a few days previously. A hopped cider, which I am calling 'hopped & screwed.' hehe. I am so clever.

I promise to post an update on how well the beer turned out with many photos of the debauchery in which ensues.

NTK009 Skeeter vs Retrigger - PARANOIA/CYNICISM

Rather than spending your welfare money on meth this month, buy my new split record with Retrigger on Noizetek Records. You get to listen to great breakcore music, and if in need; you can inhale the burning plastic of the vinyl, which may get you high.

I now have copies of this on hand. I won't bother with putting a paypal link, as I know no one will email; as no one reads this blog. Email if you are interested in purchasing a copy. We can work out a price like gentlemen.

RETRIGGER VS SKEETER
PARANOIA/CYNICISM
NTK009

Noizetek Records noizetek.co.uk
retrigger.net
skeeter.aklass.org
artwork by Mat Brown
all tracks written w/ Buzé 0.5.8
2009

PARANOIA side a

Retrigger – Sinthanas
Beach Boy harmonies, first-wave psychedelia, and edity breakcore-jungle

Retrigger – Sinthanas (Skeeter's Social Psychology reMIX)
Reverse dubstep song about the banality of evil

Retrigger – Frank on the Drums
Ol' Blue Eyes plays big band drumfunk

CYNICISM side b

Skeeter – FTL
Blackend doom breakcore soundtrack for your eventual suicide

Skeeter – FTL (Retrigger & Porquinho reMIX)
Arthur Brown lives on in the dark hearts of us all